The goal is to raise the baseline of equanimity and mindfulness. You naturally start allowing emotion and inner talk to thunder through you without letting it drive behavior. This is a prerequisite for rational deliberation and choice under increasingly emotional situations. Maybe.
Shinzen Young’s “Do Nothing” Meditation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ6cdIaUZCA (Note that he is “neuroscience aware.”)
http://www.shinzen.org/Retreat%20Reading/FiveWays.pdf
http://www.basicmindfulness.org/
(Also the discussion of “Willingness” in http://www.amazon.com/Acceptance-Commitment-Therapy-Second-Edition/dp/1609189620/)
The goal is to raise the baseline of equanimity and mindfulness. You naturally start allowing emotion and inner talk to thunder through you without letting it drive behavior. This is a prerequisite for rational deliberation and choice under increasingly emotional situations. Maybe.